emends

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So the first edition, and the Hampshire and Winchester Editions; but Bentley emends to 'Sèvres,' which must surely be correct.

From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by Austen-Leigh, William

Experience accumulates and man's knowledge grows; the expectation and joy in progress is a part of it; man's code changes, emends, expands with his onward marching.

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker

B. emends and renders: Nor was there any man in that desert who rejoiced in conflict, in battle-work.

From Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by Hall, Lesslie

The chronological impossibility involved in the figure is removed by Mohl who emends it to 260.

From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)

By water, with most editors, emends the text.

From Aristotle on the art of poetry by Bywater, Ingram